Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

My inner waters are healthy, balanced, and full of bliss for all time.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

Meditation is the energy of the mind,

Recipe of SUCCESS needs tons of morale, flavor of attitude and hours of patience to cook.

Murphy's face went through several mutations as he spoke, as if small animals were scurrying about just beneath his skin.

If love and agreement are manifest in a single family, that family will advance, become illumined and spiritual.

I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.

The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product.

We cannot know God apart from His Word.

Heaven isnot a place, and it isnot atime.Heaven isbeing perfect.